by Bob McAllister Have you fallen under the spell of the latest Australian series of Who do you think you are? [1] Have you been lured away from your own research to see what is being “discovered” by the celebrity of the week in the latest genea-porn episode? Why call it genea-porn? Because it is a public visual representation of an activity in which many of us engage in the privacy of our own home, but which has crucial elements … Continue reading
I am always on the lookout for information about women that provides a fuller picture of their lives to add to the information which is usually available such as where they were born, how many children they had, what their husbands did and when they died. But this is often difficult as previously women were usually invisible with few or no signs that they had lived, and even the wives of ‘important’ men were often only recorded when they were … Continue reading
By Cathie Sherwood. In the mid 1850s, she left her husband, the second son of one of the Hunter Valley’s earliest free settlers, and ran off with the local draper, Robert Hector Paulovich. This all seems like I may be about to tell a rather grubby tale – he has a very foreign surname and she was ‘obviously’ of low moral character. But like most family stories, there is more to this one than meets the eye and while Mary … Continue reading
GSQ’s Writing Group has recently been discussing the basics of compiling a printed publication. Depending on the nature of the publication, apart from the main body of the text other components may include a foreword, contents list or table, a preface, appendixes, frequently used abbreviations and maybe a glossary of terms, endnotes. Two essential elements are a list of references or bibliography and an index. Referencing or citation is something we often wish we had done when we were undertaking … Continue reading
By Lisa Louise Cooke. At the Bridging the Past & Future Congress held in Sydney in March this year, Lisa Louise Cooke kindly agreed to do a blog post for GSQ. Google search expert Lisa Louise Cooke provides genealogists with three ways to improve Google search results. See how these small improvements can make a big difference in your own genealogy Google searches! Lisa Louise Cooke Imagine traveling to a foreign country where a different language is spoken. It would … Continue reading
